Yusen, Xinggong.

Although Kangxi had a tense face, he looked at the fold in his hand and was shocked.

In this bidding, the total amount of silver received was 12,288,000 taels of silver, 5,500,000 taels of silver had been received, and more than 6,700,000 taels of silver were still to be put into storage.

Last year, the national emblem silver was only more than 29,790,000 taels, less than 30 million. This bidding is 40 percent of last year's revenue from the state treasury.

Should I sigh that the private businessman Jia is rich, or should I sigh that Cao Hao has a way to accumulate wealth, Kangxi's gaze at Cao Hao became a little deep.

Cao Hao knelt on the ground, although he didn't raise his head, he still felt that the hairs on his back stood up, and the cold was pressing.

The three-year covenant is not over.

Until now, Cao Hao still doesn't think that this bidding is his own ability.

What is the power of the country, this is the power of the country.

Summarizing the big merchants from all over the country, the auction is the most lucrative trade routes, and it is naturally not difficult to get some silver.

Quite surprisingly, the big merchant Jia who came to participate was much more than expected, and the silver was also several million taels more.

Cao Hao's original plan was to estimate five million taels, so in his spare time, he was still looking for other ways to make money. After all, things like bidding cannot be said to be a new trick, nor can they be used frequently.

Unexpectedly, it doubled.

The sixteenth elder brother is worried about him, why is he not suspenseful?

It's too ostentatious and doesn't match his previous style.

There was silence in the room, and Cao Hao felt a pain in his knees. The sixteenth elder brother stood on the side, having the heart to speak for Cao Hao, but he was afraid that it would backfire, so he was very hesitant.

After a while, Fang heard Kangxi snort coldly and said, "Get up!" ”

Cao Hao responded, and Kangxi had already slammed the fold onto the kang table.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at it, saw that Kangxi's face was much soothed, and said with a bold smile: "In the end, it is the emperor who knows people and picks out Cao Hao." It's Erchen, look at him lazy and lazy, I didn't expect him to have such a ability. ”

Everyone loves to listen to good words, and emperors are no exception.

Kangxi listened to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, his expression became more and more soothing, he nodded, and said: "This is true, Cao Hao, this kid, has to look at him before he is willing to exert his strength." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Cao Hao and said, "It's old-fashioned all day, and there is no young person's activity, so how can I say hello?" Your grandfather, your father, who is not conscientious and dedicated to serving the court, you are so old, and you still want to be a child? ”

What is the meaning of truth, the person in front of him is. Cao Hao bowed down and listened, but he was wronged in his heart.

In the past few years, he can't be said to have made great achievements, but he is also conscientious. Among them, the life and death pass has also gone through a few times, what do you want to do?

If you want to say that he is a bastard, then who is doing a serious errand in this court?

But there is nothing to argue, Cao Hao can only bow his head and reply "what the emperor has taught me" and "how to do it in the future". In his heart, he was willing to be degraded by Kangxi a few more words.

It's not that Cao Hao is cheap, but the results have been made, and I don't care if Kangxi likes this sentence.

At this time, Kangxi reprimanded him better than praising him.

has already made such a big splash, if he gets Kangxi's praise again, the people who are afraid of red eyes will go to the sea even more.

Thinking like this, Cao Hao's mood became more and more peaceful.

Kangxi stared at Cao Hao's expression and stopped reprimanding.

The sixteenth elder brother was worried that the news of Cao Hao's training spread out, which attracted the slander of the villain's life, so he smiled shyly and said: "Huang Ama, Cao Hao's surname is lazy, and it is difficult for him to be loyal to Huang Ama." On the way to the palace, he was still muttering, in a month it will be the Long Live Festival, what should be done to pay homage. It was also mentioned that with the silver, the project on this side of the Tangquan Palace is also cheaper, and the holy driver will be able to live more comfortably if he comes here again. ”

When Kangxi heard this, his heart moved, and he said, "Did he really say that?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother said: "Since this is the case, do the sons still dare to deceive the emperor Amma?" ”

In fact, on Fangcai Road, Cao Hao saw the wells on both sides of the road, and mentioned the great drought in the spring of the 50th year of Kangxi to the sixteenth elder brother. As for the Tangquan Palace, it was mentioned by someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs before, and the repair project was slow because the money was not available.

Kangxi was annoyed with Cao Hao, thinking that he had this ability, but he didn't force it, it was too unusual.

After listening to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, Kangxi looked at Cao Hao again, but it was a different taste.

Although it lacks courage, this human touch is not found in others.

"Don't think you've completed the errand, I told you that 10 million taels will go into the treasury, but this time 30% of the silver will go into the treasury, and the rest is less than 8 million. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has let you use these promising inputs, but this time I want to see how you can earn back the remaining two million taels of silver for me empty-handed. Remember, don't pretend to be a public servant. Kangxi said.

Cao Hao was speechless when he heard this.

It seems that Kangxi can't see him leisurely.

But that's okay, the emperor Kangxi, is finally not confused, and knows that the more than 1,000 taels of silver were exchanged for the business of the Internal Affairs Bureau, not Cao Haokong's white wolf. Otherwise, as soon as his upper lip touched his lower lip, he would give him a task of tens of millions of taels of silver, afraid that Cao Hao would vomit blood.

It's just, as if pulling something down.

"Your Majesty, it is difficult for this clever woman to cook without rice, and there must be capital to do business. If the minister doesn't use the money from the Internal Affairs Office, then this way to make money ......" Cao Hao hesitated for a moment, and finally asked.

He didn't have such a high consciousness, so he took his own money out and gave it to Kangxi as capital.

That is the real distinction between public and private, and it is easy to expose wealth and be jealous.

Kangxi touched his beard, looked at Cao Hao, and said for a while: "Well, give you the capital, this time the silver in your hand, allocate 200,000 taels of silver to you." There are still two and a half years to go, and I want to see if you can multiply your profits tenfold. In the end, it was already a bit of burnout.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at Kangxi worriedly, thinking about the rumors of the recent days, and his heart was quite heavy.

According to the rules, the prince must be divided into feudal mansions at the age of twenty.

Because there are many princes in this dynasty, most of the princes of similar ages are concentrated and divided.

It was divided twice, once in the 37th year of Kangxi, and it was divided until the eighth elder brother; Once was in the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, and he was awarded the fourteenth elder brother.

In the 50th year of Kangxi, the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother left the palace, and the fourteenth elder brother still lived in the elder brother's office.

At that time, the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were less than the age of the year, and they did not catch up with the past as the knight said.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, the fifteenth elder brother is twenty-four, the sixteenth elder brother is twenty-two, and he is still the prince without a lord.

The sixteenth elder brother is a man in the end, and he also has a heart of power in his heart. It's not for his own sake, but to think that the title will be higher, and his wife and children will be better off in the future.

When I came out of the palace, it was already noon.

When he opened the city gate in the morning, he came out, and Cao Hao was already hungry. However, the follow-up things on the Yamen side are still young and old, and they are inseparable from people. If you can't rush back on the same day, tomorrow will have to delay for half a day.

On both sides of the official road from Tangquan Palace to the city, there are many small restaurants to buy some tea and food.

Cao Hao thought about going there to take a bite to return to the city early, but he was stopped by the sixteenth elder brother and taken to the sixteenth elder brother Zhuangzi.

The Zhuangzi here is still a gift from Cao Hao in the early years.

In the past, it was very secluded, but now there are many people's Zhuangzi around.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced around and said to Cao Hao: "I said earlier that you would leave the land here so that you could be neighbors with me, and you sold it all." Now it is remote and far from the palace, which is not cheap. ”

Cao Hao smiled: "It's not too far, it's half an hour to ride a horse." ”

The sixteenth elder brother snorted and said, "I don't know about you yet, but I saw that there were a few Beizi Guogong here who bought land and didn't want to have too much contact with them, so I avoided it." With yesterday's incident, I'm afraid that they will pounce like flies in the future, see where you can avoid? ”

While talking, he arrived at the Zhuangzi of the sixteenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother asked Lisuo to cook, and after a while, he picked up a table of noodles, but Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother stopped talking, hurriedly used it, and ate to their heart's content.

Cao Hao was in a hurry to return to the city, so he said goodbye to the sixteenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother asked Zhao Feng to take the horse and return to the city with Cao Hao.

Cao Hao saw that the sixteenth elder brother acted a little deliberately, frowned and asked, "Is the sixteenth elder worried about it...... Worried that someone wants to work against me? ”

The sixteenth elder brother had already taken the reins of the horse from Zhao Feng's hand, turned over on the horse, nodded and said, "Since yesterday, my right eyelid has been jumping non-stop. Come to think of it, you're in the most dangerous situation right now. Nowadays, this bidding is smooth for those who win the bid, and for those who lose the bid, I am afraid that it will cut off the financial route. In case someone is mad, it's not uncommon for you to make up your mind. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the guards behind Cao Hao, and continued: "Seven or eight long entourages are in the city, and what is the use of them in the wilderness? Go back and discuss with my uncle to see if I should find a few more useful people. ”

It's hard to say whether other people have the courage to say, but Brother Jiu's eyes are deeply imprinted in Cao Hao's mind.

But no matter how much he hates it, in order to avoid it, he won't do anything to Cao Hao for a while.

Cao Hao originally wanted to say, "The blue sky is white, and the official road is fine", but in the end, he spared his life and didn't want to make any mistakes, so he went back to the city with the sixteenth elder brother.

The journey was safe, but nothing happened.

It's just that there are many more fresh faces near Caofu.

Cao Hao's heart was a little depressed.

What is this called, you are tired and tired, the silver belongs to others, and the grudges are your own.

On the side of Cao Mansion, there are already people waiting, it is Wang Lusheng.

He came here yesterday afternoon, but Cao Hao had a dinner party and went to the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion again, and he came back very late, so he didn't see him.

"Master Cao, you can be regarded as back, quickly help me get an idea." Wang Lusheng saw Cao Hao coming back, got up and said.

Seeing his anxious face, Cao Hao asked, "Why, is the 1.5 million taels of silver not in your hands?" ”

Wang Lusheng was stunned, his face flushed, and he said: "I didn't expect it to be such a big hand, the money prepared is insufficient, and I have already asked someone to send a message to Yuezhao, but the amount of money that can be made up is limited." I'm afraid it's still worse. ”

According to Cao Hao's cognition, the silver that Wang Lusheng prepared for this bidding will never be less than one million taels. Otherwise, he wouldn't be as confident as he used to be.

Yesterday was in the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, but the Thirteenth Elder Brother diverted his words, so I don't know how Zheng Woxue arranged it.

Today, Wang Lusheng is embarrassed by the silver again, but it is different from Cao Hao's previous cognition.

"On the Zheng side, isn't it five or five points with Brother Wang?" Cao Hao thought for a moment and asked.

Wang Lusheng nodded and said, "Well, she said that the silver money that the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion can use is limited, and it is estimated that it will be up to the sky if she makes up a hundred thousand taels." She intervened in the middle, but it was also for the sake of the affection of her relatives, so that the Wang family would have a relationship with the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, so that outsiders would not bully her. 1.5 million taels of bidding silver, and she fought for 10% of the silver money. In the end, it is to take advantage of the power of the prince's mansion, so it is necessary to make two percent of the profits. I didn't dare to respond before, for fear that the deficit would be too big and my own money would not be enough. But she instructed me and said, let me come to find Cao Ye. said that Cao Ye has a way here, so I won't be cheeky. ”

Cao Hao listened, a little confused, and asked, "What else did you say?" ”

"What else are you talking about, oh, saying that the shopkeeper of [***] Qian Zhuang has released some rumors, I'm afraid it's not good for Cao Ye. The spare money over there, but others are not good to use. Wang Lusheng replied, and he was a little confused: "This [***] money village is familiar...... Isn't this Jiangning's shop, how did it come to the capital? ”

Cao Hao's face was pale, thinking of the Han Jiang clan he saw at noon yesterday, and he was very angry in his heart.

Wang Lusheng saw that Cao Hao's expression was wrong, so he stopped.

Because he didn't know the details, Cao Hao couldn't explain it to Wang Lusheng, so he asked him to go back and wait for news first.

When Wang Lusheng went out, Cao Hao immediately called someone to find Han Jiang's family.

Zheng Woxue is not a person of many words, since he can mention [***] Qianzhuang, it will naturally not be fabricated out of thin air.

Could it be that this Han Jiang clan's heart to open a money bank is not dead, and he wants to take the opportunity of bidding to gain a foothold in the capital?

Blind toss.

* Qianmen Street, Dade Qianzhuang.

There was a mule cart parked in front of the door, and dozens of guards with big shoulders and round waists blocked half of the street.

Han Jiang's carriage was also blocked not far away. Han Jiang sat in the carriage and asked the maid to ask the coachman why. When she heard that it was because of Qian Zhuang, she couldn't help but feel moved.

She hesitated, lifted the curtain slightly, and glanced over there.

The mule carts were already moving very slowly, and each of them was followed by guards to the left and right.

This is a silver car, Han Jiang has been accustomed to seeing it since he was a child, and he is already thinking about how much silver can be loaded in these seven or eight big cars?

It seems that what she expected was not bad, those businessmen who participated in the bidding, even if their families were rich, it was not good to bring them all to the capital.

However, when she saw the people following behind the carriage, she was very surprised.

She lowered the curtain, puzzled.

The person who followed the car was obviously a child of the Fang family, and he had dealt with their family in his early years.

The Fang family, yesterday's bid failed, why do you still need to make so much silver?

Those small businessmen are okay, yesterday they won the bid for several major trade routes, and this time I am afraid that they will have to raise money from the capital.

The time limit given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is half a month at the latest, and if the money is not raised in half a month, what will happen......

(To be continued)